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Giveaway! April Showers by Bonnie and Camille and New Patterns!

You guys! It’s Christmas time, and I’m feeling giving! For all of you that are here from Sew Mama Sew, Welcome! I’m April Rosenthal, I design patterns, and love fabric and color. I’m so glad you’re here, stay a while!

I haven’t had a giveaway in a LOOONG time, so it’s high time I rectified that.

I figure this should make up for it. A layer cake of Bonnie and Camille’s April Showers line, which isn’t even in stores yet, plus a few of my new patterns too. Don’t ever say I didn’t give you nothing :)

To enter, just tell me what your favorite fabric line of all time is.

Giveaway will be open until 5PM PST December 13th at which time I will draw a winner randomly. Winner will be notified by December 15th.

International entries welcome.

Love you lots!

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At the moment my favorite is Mid Winter Reds – maybe because of the Holday or just my love of red… Maybe we are all just fickle – really love so many of them and as new ones arrive – become torn between which one of the older ones or newer ones we like the best or those out of print that we miss once we have used the last little speck..
Thanks for the chance.
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Mendocino by Heather Ross, mostly because I love the fuchsia and plum colors! It can be so hard to find great fabrics in purple. Unfortunately it was out of print by the time I started sewing, but I have been able to collect a few remnants!

Oh that’s a tough one – typically it is “whichever the latest line by Bonnie & Camille is” which is pretty true right now. But I LOVE Sarah Jane’s Out to Sea and I am anxiously awaiting Aneela Hoey’s Hello Petal.
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Oh my, there are so many wonderful collections, past, present and new ones not released. Anything Heather Ross, I am a huge fan. But I would love to win April Showers, I love the blue/greens is this collection. Thanks for the chance to win!

That’s tough! I would have to go with Nordika. I know its a newer line but the prints and colors are so vibrant and are perfect for me. I can’t wait to get my hands on this new line! Thanks for a chance to win it plus some great patterns!

Of all time? Wow, that is hard! I do think it has to be one of Bonnie and Camille’s lines because not long ago I told a friend that if I was restricted to only buying from ONE designer…it would have to be them. So which of theirs is my favorite? Well, it used to be Marmalade, but now I am totally in love with Scrumptious. Oh and Happy Go Lucky – love the colors. You see my problem?!? LOL.

It’s probably Neptune, but I have to say Botanics is sneaking up there. I love, love, love it! Waterfront Park could be a contender, but thus far, Neptune reigns supreme :) Thanks for the great giveaway!

My favorite fabric line of all time is Bonnie and Camille’s Marmalade. I love all of their fabric lines. Would love to win this one. Your blog is new to me. Now a new follower via Facebook. conn_and_vans_momatyahoodotcom

I tend to make seasonal quilts, so my favorite fabric line of all time is “Gobble, Gobble” by Sandy Gervais. I discovered it quite a while after it was released, so I only found enough fabric to make one quilt with it. I wish they would bring it back! Thanks for the chance to win!

I am sorry but I cannot tell you my favorite fabric line of all time . But that is for now. because it changes all the time and I usually have several at a time. Right now, I am enamored by April Showers (I have seen the preview), Lori Holt’s Bake Sale and Alison Glass’s Sun Print text.. My tastes are like the weather-wait awhile and it will change.

My favorite all time is Marmalade by Bonnie & Camille. I love their fabric lines but it was the addition of orange in Marmalade that did me in. Maybe just because I haven’t had a chance to sew with Happy Go Lucky just yet. I’m a few collections behind-so many projects so little time.

My favorite would have to be Hometown by Sweetwater. It was the first fabric collection that I bought and I still have pieces in my stash. I think there’s a little Hometown in almost everything I’ve made.
Thanks for the giveaway!

My all time favorite…so hard. Maison de Noel by 3 Sisters, Happy Go Lucky by Bonnie and Camille, Chocolate by 3 Sisters, anything French General. So hard to chose – I probably have the most quilts made from Maison de Noel – so that would be at the top!

That has to be the hardest question to answer, The favorites change every time new favorites are released. The fabric designers have gotten better and better and there are some fabulous choices. Personally, I think my favorites are in the Fig Tree lines, but pick one? No way.

No favorite line – but the one fabric I reach for again and again is the faux bois print from Joel Dewberry’s Aviary line – so thrilled they re-released it! I can stop hoarding my little scraps and stock up.

Though I’ve been sewing for ages, I’ve only recently come to realize that there ARE such things as lines of fabric and designers… so I haven’t yet formed opinions of who my favorites are. I would certainly be up for some “learnin” – where could I go to bone-up on popular fabric designers?

Favorite fabric line… wow that is tough. I love the few pieces I have of Mendocino by Ross. But I think because I got back to quilting and this was OOP. So as far as fav I own… would have to be Dowry… Wow such a great line.

My favourite line was by Suzuko Koseki. I don’t know its name but there was a text print with lots of cooking words and it featured in her Machine Made Patchwork books and started my obsession with Japanese fabrics and craft books

Hmm…I don’t know about an all-time, I’m fairly new to all this. So my all-time isn’t very long. Hah! But I really love Anna Maria Horner’s fabrics as well as Valori Wells. And the new Mercer by Dear Stella House Designer has great colors.

Favorite of all time?! That’s tough. Probably Ruby or Vintage Modern…and I am really loving April Showers too! The blue and greens are usually by favorite of any line, and that one is FULL of blues and greens! :)

I don’t have any all time favs, but I am really in love with Riley Blakes basics right now. Of course, that’s mostly because I have this vision in my head of a quilt I want to do with them and I haven’t purchased them yet.

So many gorgeous lines to choose from – but at the moment I can’t seem to get enough of using the range of sketch fabrics as solids. Not flashy and gorgeous at first glance, but very useful and lovely in the long run.

I don’t know how to answer that because I’m mostly a garment sewer so I don’t think of fabrics in lines. I’m just getting into quilting but the only quilting fabrics where I have know the designer are Kaffe Fasset, so I guess that has to be answer!

Meep! Fantastic giveaway! I want it all! As far as fabric, I’m a bit of a “the more, the merrier” mentality, but Botanics is so beautiful it almost makes me whimper when I look at my layer cake so it wins my heart for right now :)

What an adorable line, eeep! My favorite line *ever*?! That’s just mean. :) Ok, it’d have to be a Denyse Schmidt line, maybe even Shelburne Falls, because I just can’t seem to get enough of it. I always come back to her lines because they just go beautifully with everything! Thanks for the chance to win this beauty!

Not a fair question!! I truthfully cannot pick a favorite and it all depends on what category the design fits. I love Joel Dewberry, Kaffe, Camille’s fabrics, Northcott’s Naturescapes, Riley Blake’s & French General’s lines all for different reasons. And I cut my list way back…specifics, no way!

I have just started dealing with “fabric lines” and don’t have a fav but do love the text prints and have a bit of favortism to Reily Blake and Michael MIller, but only cause they happened to have a few prints I liked. But other than that…it’s any lines game! I so enjoy just looking! The patterns all change so fast, I can’t keep up with them all!

You don’t ask tough questions, do you? ;) My favorite fabric lines change periodically, but I really love Hope Valley by Denyse Schmidt and that seems to be a constant favorite. Thanks for the chance to win!

I really don’t think I could choose a favorite! I love so many….but I guess for now I could say that my favorite is Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic line. This bundle of April Showers would sure be a favorite, too!

I love Bonnie & Camille’s fabrics. My favorite fabric line of all time is their Bliss line. Thanks you for this chance to get their new line before it even hits the stores. :) And I always love new quilt patterns to sew up. :D

Oh my, oh my!!!! This is one of my favorite collections! I can’t wait for April Showers to come out! Bonnie and Camille are some of my favorite designers. One of my all time favorite collections is theirs, Marmalade.

Well that is a tough question. I am drawn to fabric that tells a story, Heather Ross is a master of that. I also love fabric collections that have great color combos, and there are many people who do that well. Right now I’m enjoying Joel Dewberry’s color combos.

All time favorite would be very hard to say. I love any 1930s retro, to any of the newer
text prints. I love PKM, Denyse Schmidt, Lori Holt. Right now, I love Bake Sale by
Lori Holt. Thanks for the chance to win!

I love Winterkist by Monica Solorio-Snow. That is my favourite line and one that I absolutely love – although I have none of it in my collection.
My favourite designer is Cinderberry Stitches – I love all her lines and have a bit of most of them.

Of all time?? Well I’ve loved Joel Dewberry’s Aviary and used it heaps and heaps. Also love Aneela Hoey’s Sherbit Pips. Love Liberty Tana Lawns and quite a few Kaffe Fassetts – the paperweight ones are particular favorites and Heather Ross Far Far Away and Mendocino.

I think if I was told I could only ever have one line for the rest of my life I would have to go with Liberty Tana Lawns

Omg, a favourite? Just one? There’s way too many, it pretty much changes weekly, the only constant there is, is that I like text, naturals/low volumes and aqua’s. So anything that fits into that category would definitely be a favourite of mine :)

Come on, now, you should know better than to ask a bunch of fabric lovers to pick a “favorite of all time.” I’m sure most are like me and the “favorite of all time,” changes on a regular basis. So, no, I can’t pick favorite of all time. Though, from awhile back, I loved Joel Dewberry’s Aviary, and currently, I’m crushing on Tula Pink’s Acacia.

A favorite fabric line – are you kidding me! My favorite is FABRIC!!! With oh so much to choose from how can I?! As long as it’s soft & pretty it’s my favorite – I just keep adding to my stash because I love to look at it and touch it & then buy more for whatever I’m about to make! Thanks so much for the chance to win! :)

You want me to pick one…………just one? How about the one I wish I could still get more of why do they always move to the top of the list when you have used up all you have of a fabric line and it is no longer printed? Full Moon Forest by Tula Pink would be at the top of my very long list..Thank you for the chance

My favorite of all time would have to be any of the Aunt Grace’s 1930’s reproduction fabrics, since I love to make dresden plates or fans these are the perfect fabrics for the type of quilts I want to make. If I had to choose my all time favorite fabric though it would be my collection of feedsack fabric that I have acquired, I want to make a quilt out of it, but I just haven’t been able to bring myself to cut into some of the pieces. Someday soon I hope!! :)

I have only been sewing for 6 months and already think that is too hard. Heaven help me if someone asks me on a year!! My first quilt was made with Kate Spain’s Cuzco so that has a special spot in my heart. I’ll go with that

ummm, i don’t think i can pick my favorite! i have one i love but i can’t remember the name. It was an Amy Butler from 7 or 8 years ago, it was the most beautiful yellow and blues i had ever seen, it might have been her debut line. i have one tiny scrap of yellow left and i’m hoarding it :)

I love the tiny umbrellas. Living in Oregon you would think I would have some umbrella fabric in my stash, but sadly I do not, must get umbrellas!
Picking a favorite fabric line of all time is really hard. I would have to day anything by Heather Ross. My current favorite is her Briar Rose line. I am an aspiring illustrator and I love the illustrative and story telling qualities of her fabric!

What an awesome giveaway! I’m so excited about April Showers , I think it is the most beautiful range. As for a favourite range of all time , I really loved Authentic, Sherbert Pips, anything by Sis Boom .

I’m too new for all time favorite. Until last year I didn’t even know there were specific fabric lines, I just bought what I liked. Then my DIL introduced me to on line quilting stores and fabric designers and the top blew off! I’ve found I always like what Kate Spain does and Joel Dewbury but I don’t have a all time fav. I like too many, they are all so gorgeous. Thanks.

Ooooh, pretty! But then, I’m in love with too many fabrics! I still love Bella by Amanda Murphy. And I just made a Christmas gift with Pirouette by Free Spirit. I could go on all day though. Thanks for the give away!

Oh goodness, of all time?! Of the ones I own at least a piece of, I guess that’d have to be Simply Color; I keep thinking about how I could or should buy some more because I am depleting what I have. Thank you for this amazing, generous giveaway!

My favorite fabric line of all time was the original Erin Michael’s Lush line, especially the paint by number birds. It has been re-released, by the colors are slightly different. Thanks for the fun question, and for this awesome giveaway! Your fabric is beautiful. Happy holidays to you!

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